Yaya Sanogo has said he was "impressed" by the way Arsenal have gone about securing his services.

Auxerre striker Sanogo, 20, is poised to sign for the North Londoners when the summer transfer window opens, and told France Football that a meeting with manager Arsene Wenger had persuaded him to join.

"Gilles Grimandi [Arsenal scout] came to see me from time to time at Auxerre too," he said. "One day he called me for a meeting in a Paris...